Police: Raid in Newburgh uncovers cocaine, heroin

CITY OF NEWBURGH — City cops on Friday raided a basement apartment, arrested four people and seized cocaine and heroin, police said.

Cops said they investigated drug sales from the site at 154 N. Miller St. for about a month before they executed a search warrant at 9:15 a.m.

Police said they recovered about 56 grams of cocaine and 25 glassine envelopes of heroin. The resident, Carpeah Nyenekor, 60, was charged with two felony counts and one misdemeanor count of criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Others in the apartment – Junior Parker, 45, of New Windsor; Daphne Hill, 38, of Newburgh; and Judy Cobb, 41, of Cornwall – were each charged with felony possession.

Hill faces an additional misdemeanor possession charge. Nyenekor and Parker are on parole for drug convictions.